Fatty Acid Profiles of Commonly Used Fat Sources in Laboratory Animal Diets
| Fatty Acids, %* | ||||||
| FAT SOURCE | Saturated Fat | Mono- unsaturated Fat |
Poly- unsaturated Fat |
Linoleic Acid (18:2) |
Linolenic Acid (18:3) |
Cholesterol, mg |
| Plant Sources | ||||||
| Coconut Oil | 86.1 | 6.2 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Corn Oil | 13.3 | 24.2 | 58.0 | 57.2 | 0.9 | 0.0 |
| Cottonseed Oil | 25.8 | 19.0 | 51.3 | 51.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Crisco Vegetable Shortening | 25.0 | 33.0 | 25.0 | - | - | 0.0 |
| Olive Oil | 14.3 | 70.9 | 10.4 | 9.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
| Palm Oil | 47.2 | 40.2 | 9.9 | 10.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Peanut Oil | 18.1 | 45.8 | 29.9 | 30.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Safflower Oil–High Linoleic | 8.5 | 13.0 | 75.1 | 76.2 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| Safflower Oil–High Oleic | 9.1 | 78.5 | 14.0 | 14.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Sesame Oil | 14.2 | 38.5 | 42.8 | 41.3 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Soy Oil | 14.5 | 22.5 | 57.8 | 51.0 | 7.3 | 0.0 |
| Sunflower Oil–High Linoleic (>60.0%) | 11.1 | 18.6 | 69.0 | 70.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
| Sunflower Oil–High Oleic | 9.7 | 83.6 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Animal Sources | ||||||
| Beef Tallow | 49.8 | 41.8 | 4.0 | 3.1 | 0.6 | 109.0 |
| Butter | 50.9 | 22.2 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 0.3 | 215.0 |
| Cod liver Oil | 20.8 | 46.4 | 28.8 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 570.0 |
| Lard | 40.5 | 43.6 | 10.7 | 9.9 | 0.7 | 95.0 |
| Margarine, 80% Fat | 15.3 | 36.5 | 24.2 | 20.9 | 2.2 | 0.0 |
| Menhaden Fish Oil | 27.1 | 20.4 | 29.9 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 521.0 |
| Pork Animal Fat | 39.7 | 44.2 | 12.1 | 11.0 | 0.6 | 143.0 |